Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-22
LETTER FROss RICHMOND.
Especial Cor. of the Alexandria GAZETTE

Especial Cor. oil Inc Ale4GluIio NhEEAAH'J
RICHMOND, March 21.-The Senate Com
mittee on Roads and internal Navigation
will probably take up the bill introduced
by Mr.. Bibbs to incorporate the Frederlcks-
burg and Washington Railway Company at
to-morrow's session of the committee. The
incorporators named in the bill are E. D.
Cole, of Fredericksburg, W. L. White, OF
Stafford. John R. Taylor aud George
G Rounds. of Prince William, R. Il. Cock
relle of Fairfax, Harold Snowden, of Alex
andria. and A. J. Falls, of Washington city,
They are asking for charter to construct a
road from the city of Fredericksburg
through the counties OF Stafford, Prince
William, Fairfax and the city and county OF
Alexandria, to point on the Potomac river
opposite the city Of Washing ton. The capt.
tai stock of the company shall not be less
than $500 900 nor more than s5OOOOO, dlvl'
ded into shares of S25 each. When 25,OOO
shall have been subscribed for, the company
NAV organize in the mode usually adopted
bv such companies The bill authorizes the
company to borrow money. but not to ex-
coed SIS, 900 for each mile Of said road. Fur
thermore it shall he lawful for the company
to build, hire lease or own steamers
or steamboats, on either or both the Poto.
mac or Rappahannock rivers, to run to or
connect with the cities of Norfolk, Balti-
more, or either one of them. The company
is also empowered to purchase and hold
real estate for all the necessary purposes OF
said railroad or steamboat line. The prln-
ciral office must be in Virginia, and the
| road shall be commenced within three years
and finished within ten There does not
seem to be any opposition to the bill, and
the committee is expected to report 1t this
week
fla bill which Senator Rhea, of Washing
ton, has introduced, becomes law, that
great American gaue-draw poker-wlll
receive black eye in Virginia. The bill
has gone to the committee for Courts of JUS
tice and l don't suppose it was read by more
than helf dozen persons until to sy,when
it came up from the public printer. 1t ia
short bill but to many persons 1t contains
great deal, and is considered by several leg
islators as blow at personal liberty" The
| bill prohibits person from playing at CARDS
or at any other game, except licensed
and bet at game OF cards or any 9TH
er game at any place, public or
private, or if any person bet on the sides of
those who play at any game at any place,
public or private he shall be fined not less
than 500 nor more than $50 for each
offence. Playing any game at a place
kept and used by any number OF
persons as club room or place of resort,
shall be deemed violation of the law and
punishable az above stated.
The bill will never become law. Indeed,
it will doubtless be crushed in the commit
tee. "When legislators strike at club room
amusement and particularly at mild game
of poker or seven up" said a member of the
judiciary committee to day. lit is like cut
ting black gum with dull case knife.' If
the bill Is reported it will evoke an interest
ing discussion in the Senate, where there
are quite number of gentlemen who know
| the value of a fush or iull hand.
| The bill introduced by Senator Meredith to
| appropriate one thousand dollars to be expended
By the Ladies Memorial Association of Manassas
| in erecting good and substantial wall around
the Confederate cemetery at Manassas will DO
| considered by the committee some time this week.
One great drawback in the way of the passage of
this bill is the fact that the legislators are not
disposed to make any appropriations that can be
| STAYED off a while longer.
| Senator Butler of South Carolina, and Col. r. A.
| Johnson General Manager of the Charleston, Gin
cnnati and Chicago Railroad Company, were at
the Capitol this evening. They are here looking
after the bill introduced giving certain privileges
| to the company in Virginia. They were to ap-
| pear before the Committee on Roads this evening,
but had not done so up to a late hour, being pre-
vented by several exceedingly windy gentlemen
| from Chesterfield who are working to get q little
| pcayune railroad bill favorably reported.
B.P.O.